Appeal for co-operation for a better film industry
Technology has had a huge effect on filmed entertainment. It’s time to entrench the gains
Ster-Kinekor CEO Wanda Matandela has made a “call to action” to film schools, studios, distributors and theatres to pool resources and improve the industry. He says there is a need to narrow the gap between the “art of film and the realistic demands of audiences in theatres. The time is now to capitalise on an already strong position for our industry.” Despite the advent of home entertainment and the DVD industry, revenues from filmed entertainment have been rising steadily in SA. PwC’s 2016 Entertainment Review says total filmed entertainment revenue in SA will reach an estimated R3.9bn in 2019, up from R3bn in 2014. “This means we are well placed to collaboratively grow the size of the pie and incentivise new entrants into our market,” says Matandela. The collaboration between industry players can happen in two ways: transformation of approach on the production side to create a talent pipeline and a more commercially viable industry, and collaboration in terms of marketing and dis...
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